Anatomical Basis Flashcards
from symptoms to diagnosis, what to ask the patient
Range of Motion (ROM)
Stability
Functionality
Pain
patient history
any organ needs:
1) arterial system
2) venous system
3) lymphatic system
4 a) somatic nervous system = voluntary (sensory-afferent, central nervous, motor-efferent)
4 b) autonomic nervous system = non-voluntary-autonomic (sympathetic and parasympathetic)
Intrinsic structure and function, collagen etc.
x-ray advantages disadvantages
pros:
cheap
available all over the world
over 100 years experience
cons:
2d projection
lost depth info
ionizing radiation
sonography advantages disadvantages
+
cheap
non-invasive
real-time
-
only person viewing it can directly diagnose
CT advantages disadvantages
most important in bone imaging
+
Optimal bone detection
True to scale (no distortion)
Easy to be segmented
-
ionizing radiation
MRI advantages disadvantages
+
soft tissue resolution is great
functional info
-
lots of parameters
slower
expensive
how to describe motion
neutral zero method
1: movement goes away from the body
2: 0-line
3: movement to the body